2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

So.. Zion Williamson got paid to go to Dook?

[FearlessF]

is that a question?

[FearlessF]

Eduardo Andre verbally committed to Nebraska early Tuesday morning, he tells 247Sports.

“Just speaking to coach [Fred] Hoiberg I feel like they are genuine about helping me in basketball and my development,” Andre said.


“I just feel like Nebraska is a good fit of all the schools recruiting me,” he added. “Watching Nebraska and the way they spread the floor out, run up and down and play fast. Just the way he plays I really like it and I think we have a chance to do something special up there.”

Andre, a 6-foot-10, 220-pound center that finished his high school career at Chandler (Ariz.) Compass Prep, picked Nebraska over Illinois, Maryland and Texas A&M. Although Andre was unable to take a campus visit due to the coronavirus, he did see Nebraska's campus and facilities via a Zoom call.



Andre is Nebraska’s third commitment in its 2020 class, joining Junior College standouts Teddy Allen and Lat Mayen. Nebraska also added three of the best guard transfers on the market in Trey McGowens, Kobe King and Kobe Webster.

A three-star prospect, Andre is oozing with upside and potential. Andre is mobile, runs the floor with ease, is equipped with good athleticism and has potential as a rim protector and rebounder.

[ELA]

Nojel Eastern in the transfer portal?

Why?

[FearlessF]

the Major has room for more good players in Lincoln!

[betarhoalphadelta]

Nojel Eastern in the transfer portal?

Why?

Nojel's situation has always been weird. He's obviously got NBA aspirations, and his mom has been on the Purdue Rivals message board talking about it. I think there's always been a little concern on her end that Painter isn't using Nojel right. 

My guess is that his mom doesn't think Painter is going to showcase his skill set in the right way to get him to the NBA. I think his mom has a vision for how he needs to be used if he's going to make it to the NBA, and Painter (being the bluntly honest type) is probably telling him that he doesn't believe that whatever Nojel is asking for will help the team win, or at the very least that he doesn't believe as a coach that's the best way to use Nojel's strengths. 

I think he wants to be a PG and a scorer, and that's not showing in our system. And coming in we've got guys who can do that. He may not want "defensive stopper" to be bullet points 1, 2, and 3 on his resume.

[MaximumSam]

He was kind of a disaster shooting the ball last year. Forget the NBA just being g league or Euro guy you have to be able to score a bit.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Holy Smokes... Apparently Painter went on Dakich's radio show, and he was not f'ing around
and he was not f'ing around with regard to Haarms and Nojel transferring. 

[FearlessF]

told those kids to get going if they want out?

[betarhoalphadelta]

told those kids to get going if they want out?

Essentially that if you want to make the NBA, you need to be able to be the big fish in the big pond. Trying to go be the big fish in a little pond ain't gonna help you, and if you can't beat out Trevion Williams or Eric Hunter / Isaiah Thompson at your own position, how are you going to take a spot from someone on the Pacers?

[MaximumSam]

I hear what he's saying but these guys aren't tin cans. A lot of people thought Eastern might develop into something. Say he goes somewhere and shows just enough offense to get drafted. If he sticks on an NBA roster that's like 560K for one year. That seems worth the effort to find a better pasture.

[MichiFan87]

This is strange all-around. Michigan has definitely had players go pro before they should've (Jordan Poole and Darius Morris) or transferred despite having great opportunities for playing time (David DeJulius and Colin Castleton this off-season all the way back to Ekpe Udoh), but I never begrudged a player for graduating and playing their 5th year elsewhere.... If anything, Beilein was sometimes too quick to encourage it (Max Bielfeldt was pretty good his last year with Indiana).

Sometimes a player's 5th year can go great (Jordan Morgan is a prime example) and other times it doesn't work out (the one grad transfer Michigan has brought in before this year, Jaaron Simmons, was an all-MAC player at Ohio but didn't do much behind Simpson on the 2018 team..... This of course makes me somewhat skeptical of how useful Mike Smith might be.

[ELA]

Eastern made it clear in recruiting what he thought his role was, and most decent schools balked at that.  Painter didn't, and to his credit, he kept his word...and it didn't pan out.  A lot of times the kid gets it eventually, clearly Eastern didn't, and didn't think he had proven himself incapable of the offensive role he thought he earned.

The thing is, he's not an NBA starter.  And if you aren't a starter in the league, they'd prefer you be really great at one thing, than the better all-around player.  So IMO his best path path to the NBA is as a bench defensive stopper.

[ELA]

Eastern made it clear in recruiting what he thought his role was, and most decent schools balked at that.  Painter didn't, and to his credit, he kept his word...and it didn't pan out.  A lot of times the kid gets it eventually, clearly Eastern didn't, and didn't think he had proven himself incapable of the offensive role he thought he earned.

The thing is, he's not an NBA starter.  And if you aren't a starter in the league, they'd prefer you be really great at one thing, than the better all-around player.  So IMO his best path path to the NBA is as a bench defensive stopper.

Although also, yikes, bad take here


"You might’ve got your degree from Purdue, but you’re not a Boilermaker if you walk out the door at the end and say, ‘Hey, I want to make the league.’"